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Pied-noir

Pied-noir
Beauty Standards
Vybz Kartel
Dancehall Music
Studio 54
Love Songs
Fashion
Cultural Identity
Ballet
Aging
Jamaican Culture
New York City
Visual Culture
Soap Operas
Party Culture
Skin Bleaching
Sexuality In Music
Social Media
Right-Wing Politics
Cultural Revolution
Prison Reform

Beauty dispatch by retired party girl Alexandra "Sasha" Lavenski.

PublishesMonthlyEpisodes25Foundeda year ago
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Latest Episodes

PIED-NOIR x The Perfume Nationalist crossover featuring Jack Mason. We cover the life of Lee Alexander McQueen (1969-2010) and the perfume Kingdom (2003).

A discussion of the ultimate hot mess it girl of the 2010s, Cat Marnell. Featuring returning guest Payton Moore.

A very special New Year's episode! We cover the great Glenn O'Brien, who rode the wave from Warhol's factory through to the golden age of Conde Nast. Featuring Jared Hollingsworth de Leon, Vincent Nappi, Yevgeny Myshalov, and Maria Myshalov.

An exploration of the many facets of our most enigmatic it-girl, Bella Hadid. Dark magic, infantile regression, medical fetishism, sculptural beauty: everything comes together in our attempt to understand this marble sphynx of the 21st century. Featu... more

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Recent Guests

Jared Hollingsworth
Guest with interest in menswear and fashion history
Independent
Episode: 23. Style Guys
Yevgeny Vincent
Sasha's father, longtime admirer of style and fashion
Family/Private
Episode: 23. Style Guys
Maria Myshalov
Sasha's mother, Style Guy fan
Family/Private
Episode: 23. Style Guys
Adam Lehrer
Returning guest from the 13th floor elevators episode
Episode: 21. Flash Photography and Perversion and Sex and Fun Forever
Jared Hollingsworth de Leon
Currently living in Wisconsin, he has a background that includes time in Colorado.
Episode: 20. Chicken Soup for the Libertarian Hippie Soul
Rena Distasio
Fashion enthusiast and previous guest on the podcast
Episode: 19. Earth People
Kylie White
Returning guest and fashion enthusiast
Episode: 17. Haute Couture Nudibranch Fetish Apocalypse
Vincent Nappi
Illustrator, artist, and fashionista
Episode: 15. Menswear SS26 Trip Report
Andre Tailed Out
Guest and film enthusiast
Episode: 14. Blow Up/Blow Out

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Alexandra Lavenski
Host of Pied-noir; long‑running show host with a focus on fashion, beauty, and culture.

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5.0 out of 5 stars from 23 ratings
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    Canadaa year ago

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Genuine, witty hosts with deep knowledge of fashion and design.
A thoughtful, stylish take on beauty culture and media shifts.
High production quality and thoughtful discussions about fashion history and culture.

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15. Menswear SS26 Trip Report
Q: What is luxury to you?
Time is luxury. If you can build a life where you can carve out time, then you are doing something that everyone is ultimately trying to achieve.
13. Anglomania
Q: What is luxury to you?
Luxury to me is like having endless time to sit in like a sunny garden with no noise except birds chirping, with nowhere to be and nothing that's causing you like major pressing anxieties.
5. Utopia 2025
Q: What does luxury mean to you?
Luxury is having a clean home, enjoying TV with loved ones, and affordable pleasures like good food and perfumes.
5. Utopia 2025
Q: What do you think about the influence of modern beauty standards?
Modern standards often depict unrealistic ideals that don't embrace the beauty of aging or diversity.
5. Utopia 2025
Q: How have soaps in general influenced your worldview, your views on beauty, your views on aging?
Soap operas effectively portray different life stages and the respect for elderly people, showing beauty at all ages.

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A stylish, culture-forward show that centers fashion history, beauty culture, and the magazine‑world era through longform conversations, personal anecdotes, and thoughtful critique. Episodes routinely dissect designers, influential writers, and industry trends while mingling sharp humor with candid takes on taste, etiquette, and contemporary culture. Noteworthy is the intimate, multi‑generation family angle on fashion storytelling and the seamless blend of vintage reference with modern perspectives, making it appealing for listeners who want thoughtful context on style, media, and beauty as social objects.

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2. Yevgeny Vincent
3. Maria Myshalov
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5. Jared Hollingsworth de Leon
6. Rena Distasio
7. Kylie White
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